Project Engineer; Nuclear Facility Engineer

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This position will be filled at either the Nuclear Facilities Project Engineer 1 or Nuclear Facilities Project Engineer 2 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities outlined below will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.
Additional responsibilities may include the specific duties below, which are summarized in the level sections.

The Plutonium Infrastructure Engineering Division (PIE-DO) of Los Alamos National Laboratory develops, maintains, and applies a diverse set of engineering capabilities to provide innovative engineering solutions in support of the Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility. PIE-DO is responsible for implementing the Conduct of Engineering (COE) program on Division projects. The program elements include processes, standards, training, and qualifications that are generally applicable throughout the life cycle of a facility.

Salary: $94,500 – $154,600. The Project Engineer 1 performs as the lead technical representative for engineering activities related to the planning, design, execution, and closeout of projects. They will lead and manage the engineering aspects of field execution, closeout, and turnover phases of projects with an integrated project team (IPT) that includes customers, stakeholders, subject matter experts, and others.

The Project Engineer 1 will manage engineering changes and evolutions to designs, which may be performed by internal and/or external engineering design teams. They will also provide technical engineering support to field execution and closeout team members to ensure installation compliance. The Project Engineer 1 facilitates design changes throughout execution, and is ultimately responsible for the closeout and turnover of the completed project.

The position is field oriented and provides valuable experience interfacing with design implementation challenges for complex projects.

• Support field execution with technical guidance for codes, standards, specifications, and design criteria.
• Manage technical requirements for construction, including coordinating designer‑constructor interfaces, design changes, submittal reviews, inspection documentation, and RFIs, field change requests (FCR), commissioning, and turnover processes.
• Work with an Integrated Project Team (IPT).
• Work with LANL Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) representatives and Subject Matter Experts (SME) for identification and resolution of issues within these areas.
• Adhere to and enforce the policies, programs, procedures, and practices with the requirements of the LANL Conduct of Engineering program.
• External design execution may require management of the contract.

Salary: $104,100 – $172,200. In addition to the responsibilities at the lower level, the Project Engineer 2 requires a demonstrated understanding of Project Engineering principles and has applied these principles on the job.

• Basic familiarity of design and construction contracts.
• Awareness of basic project execution processes and procedures, detailed engineering, and familiarity with construction work processes.
• Aptitude for collaborative problem‑solving with others, including SMEs, construction personnel and peers.
• Basic experience with participation on or leading design teams and resolving technical issues.
• Awareness of national and industry codes and standards such as NEC, IBC, ASME, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively communicate engineering solutions both verbally and in writing to supervisors, peers and other organizations.
• Desktop automation skills required (MS Office Suite).

• Knowledge of basic construction engineering principles.
• Demonstrated understanding of engineering principles and having applied these principles on the job.
• Awareness of national quality requirements standards, such as ASME NQA‑1, ISO 9000 or similar.
• Familiarity with the LANL…